I haven't even bothered with any of the albums they put out after Magnification because of the lack of Jon, it's not that I think a Yes album absolutely can't be done without him, I like Drama quite a bit but I don't think of it as a proper Yes album so much as some Yes/Buggles hybrid supergroup. Plus Trevor did his own thing, he had a kinda similar voice to Jon but he didn't imitate him, they made it work.
But now they got a guy who tries SO HARD to be Jon and even has the same first name. It's like they replaced Jon with a younger robot clone version of himself, it's so forced it reeks of desperation, sure a lot of boomer bands end up this way becoming complete husks of themselves but as someone who has championed this band for so long it really makes me sad.
And now Chris Squire is gone. Chris was the one guy who was always there and his bass playing is the heart of the band. Yes died with him.
Last edited by Queen Boo; 01-28-2022 at 05:12 PM.
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